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Hughes 008
Basic information Name: Hughes 008
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1989
Country: Australia
Mass:help 44 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 75  (1993)  L5
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8876 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
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Writeup from MB 75:
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Hughes 008

Nullarbor, South Australia, Australia

Found 1989

Ordinary chondrite (L5)

A stone of 44 g was found. Research material, classification and analysis, olivine Fa25.1, Charles F. Lewis, Center for Meteorite Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, USA. PTS, petrologic type and weathering grade, W2, F. Wlotzka, Max-Planck-Institut fur Chemie, D-55020 Mainz, Germany. Information and main mass, Blaine Reed, 907 County Road 207, #17, Durango, Colorado 81301, USA.

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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 75, Meteoritics 28, 692-703 (1993)
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Geography:

Australia
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (30° 24'S, 129° 1'E)
     Recommended::   (30° 24'S, 129° 1'E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 241 approved meteorites from South Australia, Australia (plus 3 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)
     This is 1 of 719 approved meteorites from Australia (plus 11 unapproved names) (plus 27 impact craters)
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